Star's Neutrality

In an interesting about-face, members of the Star Alliance are professing "neutrality" on the matter of whether or not the rival oneworld Alliance, which includes American Airlines and British Airways, receives approval and antitrust immunity from the Department of Transportation.  See Doug Cameron, Star Airlines Neutral on Rival Alliance As Own Grouping Expands, Dow Jones Newswire, Oct. 27, 2009 (available here).  As the story points out, members of Star have previously opposed oneworld's attempts to secure immunity.